Decibel caught up with Thy Art Is Murder frontman CJ McMahon to discuss the band’s new album, upcoming tour with Decapitated and why he feels the deathcore label doesn’t fit Thy Art.
We got lucky when we sought out voices to comment on Meshuggah‘s continued power and relevance – our search led to a conversation with tourmate Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka of Decapitated.
Benefit shows always have a weird vibe but death metal benefit shows are especially weird. Maybe it’s because the genre is ordinarily used as our portal to antisocial emotional territories, and when there is the attendant poignancy of a good cause it makes everyone feel as if they’ve been given a different script for the…
UK-based death-heads, consider this your rallying cry for what will not only be one of the summer’s most gnarly nights of death metal, but a crucial fundraiser for former Decapitated vocalist, Adrian “Covan” Kowanek. Decapitated, Hades Lab, Dead Beyond Buried and Ted Maul tear up the Camden Underworld’s dilapidated bowel on 29 June 2012. Doors…
Nightborn are back with a video for “Aphelion Dusk,” a song from their upcoming Hammer of the Heretic EP, out this September.
Listen to a new tune from UK extreme metal outfit Krysthla.
Prepare for a weekend of riffs, blasts and growls with the latest from Severe Torture, Umbra Vitae, Fractal Generator and more!
Mutilated by Zombies worship at the altar of gore, groove and brutality on their new album.
Polish metal collective Shadohm, featuring members of Batushka, Decapitated and Antigama, debut their first album.
David Ellefson discusses his post-Megadeth band Dieth.
Kelly Kuciemba gives us a history lesson in the Pacific Northwest death metal scene and tells us a bit more about Plague Bearer’s new album.
Indian death dealers Godless go straight for the throat on new song “Orbits of Decay.”
Check out the new video by BC death thrashers Without Mercy.
Death metal all-star team Glorious Depravity discuss new album Ageless Violence alongside a full stream.
How did Nightmare Brewing Company do on their Imperial DIPA Crucifixion? They nailed it!
New Hampshire horror novelist Gregory Bastianelli reveals the extremely extreme sonic foundations of his latest blood-soaked supernatural opus “Snowball.”
Pittsburgh-based melodic doom act Deathwhite reveal the Top 5 Most Haunted Places in Pittsburgh. New album, Grave Image, is out now on Season of Mist.
Ranking the songs on Carcass‘s Hall of Fame-inducted blasterpiece Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious from least awesome to most awesome.
Slovenian mindbenders Snøgg appear out of nowhere with a debut album of heavy and unique experimental black metal. Check out Chhinnamasta now.
Vane undertake “The Ritual.”
Eulogy time: The Trocadero, a Philadelphia music institution, to close permanently.
American underground death metal supergroup Cast The Stone meld different schools of Swedish death metal to form new EP, Empyrean Atrophy.
Stay vigilant and speak up, especially for those who can’t speak for themselves. We can all do better at this.
Krieg’s Neill Jameson recounts the good and the not-so-good that occurred in 2017.
In which we look back on when Anathema, At the Gates and Cradle of Filth toured Germany in 1994, with input from some of the guilty parties involved.
Wolves in the Throne Room is a band rooted in extremity yet bring something fresh to the genre; this month’s Decibel Meter follows suite.
Last April we announced our partnership with f.y.e. for the Decibel Meter, a monthly collection featured both online and in store to make sure you don’t miss any of those essential headbanging, face-melting titles that make your collection extremely extreme. The issue currently on newsstands, which features Suffocation on the cover, declares 2017 THE YEAR…
Exist are your favorite new progressive metal band.
Azarath, formed by Inferno in 1998, has released an impressive array of technically proficient, religiously fervent (against Christianity) death metal over the course of 16 years. The group’s newest album, In Extremis, yet again proves why Poland, of all Eastern European countries, is at the forefront of the death metal movement.
Here’s a near-full recounting of our conversation with drummer Tomas Haake (for the juiciest quotes, you’ll need to grab a copy of the magazine itself). Here, he tells Decibel a bit more about the writing and recording process and describes some of the more technical aspects of touring and continuing to be relevant in 2016.